Wikipedia defines history as the discovery, collection, organization, and presentation of information about past events. It came from the Greek word ‘historia’ – which means ‘inquiry, knowledge acquired by investigation’.
Did you know? There are many who claim Herodotus, a fifth century BC Greek historian, as the “father of history”.
This website utilizes pages from Wikipedia to extract historical events from 3761 BC up to the present. There are 105,062 records in the database that include events, births and deaths of popular individuals. The present day Gregorian calendar was adopted to show dates of interest.
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What are the important events that happened on June 19? Here are historical events, facts, and some myths about this day.
June 19: Facts & Myths About This Day
June 19 is the 170th day of the year 2013 in the Gregorian calendar. There are 195 days remaining until the end of this year. The day of the week is Wednesday.
Under the Julian calendar, this day is June 6, 2013 – a Wednesday. Both day of the week are the same but did you notice the difference with the Gregorian calendar?
When this day started, 1,371,600,000 seconds has elapsed since midnight of January 1, 1970 – the Unix epoch.
Strange as it may, if we name this day after a polygon then it will be called ‘hectaheptacontagon’ day.
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Gemini is the zodiac sign of a person born on this day. Pearl is the modern birthstone for this month. Moonstone is the mystical birthstone from Tibetan origin that dates back over a thousand years.
According to the lunisolar Chinese calendar, there are 226 days remaining before the start of the next Chinese New Year.
The ancient Maya civilization believes that the end of the world will happen on December 21, 2012. There are now 180 days since this fabled cataclysmic event.
Out of the blue someone is thinking of you today. If that special someone wants to buy a gift for you, which one will you choose: boxes of chocolate, newest DVD releases or training shoes?
June 19 Historical Events
- 1865 –Over two years after the Emancipation Proclamation, slaves in Galveston, Texas, United States, are finally informed of their freedom. The anniversary is still officially celebrated in Texas and 13 other contiguous states as Juneteenth.
- 1910 –The first Father’s Day is celebrated in Spokane, Washington.
- 1934 –The Communications Act of 1934 establishes the United States’ Federal Communications Commission (FCC).
- 1953 –Julius and Ethel Rosenberg are executed at Sing Sing, in New York.
- 1961 –Kuwait declares independence from the United Kingdom.
Who were born on June 19?
- 1846 –Antonio Abetti, Italian astronomer (d. 1928)
- 1905 –Mildred Natwick, American actress (d. 1994)
- 1919 –Pauline Kael, American movie critic (d. 2001)
- 1973 –Yuko Nakazawa, Japanese singer
- 1978 –Dirk Nowitzki, German basketball player
Who died on June 19?
- 1542 –Leo Jud, Swiss reformer (b. 1482)
- 1787 –Princess Sophie Hélène Béatrice of France, daughter of Louis XVI of France and Marie Antoinette (b. 1786)
- 1953 –Julius Rosenberg, American convicted spy (b. 1918)
- 2007 –El Fary, Spanish singer (b. 1937)
- 2010 –Anthony Quinton, British philosopher (b. 1925)
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